History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Avenue Jean Jaurès

In Dutch: Jean Jaurèslaan

Avenue Jean Jaurès, in Schaerbeek, has 51 buildings on the Atlas map, for 60 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 51% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 194426
1945 – 196913
1970 – 198910
1990 – 20092
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 21: 1929. 2 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: Foreign figure
Named in: 1919

L'avenue fut baptisée en hommage à l'homme politique français Jean Jaurès (1859-1914), protagoniste dans l'affaire Alfred Dreyfus. ex. avenue Paul Gilson (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.